Paper 1: Q1 - How diverse are modern families?

Question 1

diversity of family and household types in the contemporary UK:
• nuclear families
• extended families
• lone parent families
• reconstituted families
• same-sex families
• non-family households
Aspects of and reasons for family and household diversity in the contemporary UK, including:
• trends in marriage, divorce and cohabitation
• demographic changes:
o birth-rate
o family size
o age at marriage o age of child-
bearing
o ageing population
• family diversity in terms of:
o social class o ethnicity
o sexuality
The ideology of the nuclear family and the theoretical debates about the role and desirability of the nuclear family in contemporary society:
• functionalism
• New Right
• Marxism
• feminism
• postmodernism
Debates about the extent of family diversity in the contemporary UK

Answer 1

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